Smolder·Bot Build

Most Popular

If you want to use the most popular Smolder Bot build, you should take Flash and Barrier as your Summoner Spells. For runes, you should pick Fleet Footwork as your keystone, followed by Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline and Cut Down in the primary tree, as well as Biscuit Delivery and Magical Footwear in the secondary tree. For rune shards, you want Attack Speed in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health in defense, though it depends on the matchup. Finally, for your items, you should build Trinity Force as your first item, followed by Ionian Boots of Lucidity and Manamune. For your last 3 items, you should build Rapid Firecannon, Spear of Shojin and finish with Bloodthirster. For the skill order, you want to stick with Q - W - E. Right now, this build has 48.0% winrate over 2 511 matches played.

Alternative

If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells, with runes being Fleet Footwork as your keystone, Absorb Life, Legend: Haste and Cut Down in the primary tree, and Biscuit Delivery with Jack Of All Trades in the secondary tree, as well as Attack Speed, Adaptive Force, and Health as your rune shards. The items that this build incorporates are Spear of Shojin as your first item, then Ionian Boots of Lucidity as a second item and Manamune as a third item. You want to finish the build with Rapid Firecannon, Bloodthirster and Guardian Angel. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it Q - W - E. This build is currently sitting at a 49.4% win rate across 559 matches played.

Off-Meta

If you want to try an Off-Meta Smolder Bot build in the current patch, try Flash and Barrier as your Summoner Spells, Grasp of the Undying, Demolish, Bone Plating and Overgrowth as your primary rune tree, and Presence of Mind with Legend: Haste as your secondary tree. Use Attack Speed, Adaptive Force and Health as your shards. For items in this build, you want to complete Trinity Force as your first item, then finish Ionian Boots of Lucidity as your second item, and Manamune as third item. The last 3 options are Rapid Firecannon, Bloodthirster and Spear of Shojin. The ability order for this build is Q - W - E. As of the current patch, this build has a 47.4% win rate over 171 matches played.

Situational Smolder Runes and Items

Depending on the context of your game, your matchup, and enemy champions, you might want to consider building some situational items or take specific runes. Carefully examine your team, enemy team, game state , and your matchup to plan your Smolder build accordingly! For example, when it comes to rune shards, you might want to take either Armor or Magic Resist, depending on which champion you are about to lane against.